NAPF: Exchange traded funds 'made simple' for pension funds

09 March 2012

A new guide is being published today by NAPF to help pension funds get to grips with the increasingly popular exchange traded funds (ETFs).

By allowing investors to trade whole markets as a single company share, ETFs can offer pension funds the ease, flexibility and cost efficiency to invest in financial markets.

The guide explains:

• what ETFs are and how they work;
• the different structures and features that pension fund investors may encounter;
• the different roles for ETFs in a pension fund investment portfolio;
• the factors to be considered when evaluating an ETF and an ETF provider to help ensure that any ETF investment is appropriate to meet the investment aims of the pension scheme.

NAPF Chief Executive, Joanne Segars, said: “Pension funds are under huge pressure to maximise their investment returns, and are seeking solutions that will help them achieve this objective“.

Press release

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